Black screen during the whole conversion process.

[AndyE12]

Okay I am a complete newbie and I did the whole tutorial of how to convert it to mpeg and in TMPGEnc the background is black and never changes. Well I decided to keep going and convert it and when I finished I had the audio but I did not have any picture. Please help, I have now done it twice. :oops:

[Mirror_Image]

Can you play the video outside of TMPGenc, or not?

[AndyE12]

No, none of the programs allow me to see the video. The .avi works fine though. It is a DVD rip divx of rush hour 2 that I downloaded, and am trying to convert it to vcd so I can play it on my Dreamcast :)

[sunil500]

Hey Andy Ive got the exact same problem with the black screen; ive only got sound from it. This is after converting it to MPEG - the AVI file plays great. Funny thing is that its only happening with this file, i ve converted many other AVI's to MPEG and they work fine.

Anyway if u OR any1 else solves problem let me know plz sunil_hirji@hotmail.com or post the answer

Thanx,

Sunil.

[Chris]

Yep, I've got the same problem - see this thread:
http://forum.vcdhelp.com/viewtopic.php?t=85147

Have you tried other avi files?
I've tried several, all with same result...no picture!

Glad to know I'm not alone, can anyone help us newbies! :-?

Thanks,
Chris.

[DoGGx23]

I get the same problem too.. Just a black screen with no picture or sound. I have the movie "TRaining DAy" in avi format. I read somewhere that you have to install some codec called nimo or something?

[sunil500]

i think i know the 'problem' of black screens - I think! take a look at http://www.vcdhelp.com/tmpgenc.htm, the problems parts - should have read it in the first place i guess! for those of you who can't convert any avi's i think u need all the codecs mentioned in the above link, nimo one is good, good to install all of them, thats wot ive done.

Sunil.

[Chris]

Sorry to jump in on your thread Andy

I've got Divx 5 and the Nimo5 codecs, still no luck.
Do I need Divx 3 & 4 as well?

The weird thing is, the avi plays fine, just not the mpg (VCD/SVCD)

Thanks,
Chris.